and here we go again… – So Many Tattoo Ideas, So Little Money (5)

After watching Criminal Minds I got yet another idea for a tattoo. Yes. I am getting sick of these ideas constantly floating around in my head and I just want to get them done already.

So yes I got the idea watching Criminal Minds, but no I’m not that kind of a fan girl. This is a quote that Prentiss says at the end of last night’s episode ‘Retaliation’. It is a quote by Washington Irving: “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love”.

For me, it just fits. I’ve always had the hardest time showing my emotions and I was not supposed to cry, because I thought I’d drown in my tears, and with the help of therapists I am overcoming that. That quote by Washington Irving just says it perfectly.

And now comes the figuring out of the where the heck I want to put it. Like I said in one of my earlier posts, I have ideas and places for most my tattoos… but some have changed a little. I will not be getting the stars and hearts on my hands on advice from the tattoo artists that it just wouldn’t look good. I might get them somewhere else though.

Right now I am going to concentrate on finding out where I want to put that quote and how it is going to look. I don’t want the simple text I want something around it, perhaps a story book, or a piece of paper or something like that. So I am going to look at a few designs on the internet, come up with my own thing and take it to the artists and see what they think of it and if it would work on a certain body part (once I figured out which body part it is going to be).

First up is getting the rosary; I am saving up for it as we speak, putting aside every pocket change that I have and, if I can spare it, 10 to 20 euro’s a month. So hopefully, by the time my birthday rolls around, I’ll be able to get the tattoo. My goal is 200 euro, so I know that I’ll be good for about 2 hours of tattooing, and I’m over the one third mark and saved about 85 euro.

I’m getting more and more excited. I’ll be going back to the shop sometime next week and get talking about a drawing and securing the date (all based on if I actually GET the money together). Like I said, I am gunning for my birthday, March 25th, and it IS a week day so they should be open. I also need to make sure that I’ll have enough time to get to therapy, since that starts at 7pm. They open at 2pm until 5:30pm, which could make for a PERFECT time since I’ll be able to get back in time for that and bring some cake too!